as in impractical
not capable of being put to use or account
an inventor who seemed to be able to create only nonpractical gadgets
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Adjective
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Physical storage, custody and transportation can make direct ownership impractical for many companies.—
Anthony Milewski,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026 -
May's first-quarter moon in Virgo is here to shed light on what's impractical or no longer sustainable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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But keep it simple; detailed information is useless if children can’t digest it.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The code would typically write data to illicit access cards in such a way that the cards failed security checks and became useless for piracy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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There are significant worries that AI can readily go off the rails or otherwise dispense unsuitable or even egregiously inappropriate mental health advice.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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Musk attempted to color Altman as a uniquely unsuitable supervisor of this technology, but this invariably invited further scrutiny into his own abject unfitness for the role.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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“Nonpractical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonpractical. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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